Out of the $18 billion in total tax revenue collected by South Carolina in 2024, $6 million came from amusements license taxes, representing a decrease from the previous year, when the total was $6.4 million, according to the U.S. Census…
An analysis by Palmetto State News shows that, following President Donald Trump’s Feb. 5 executive order titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” South Carolina is one of 29 states following the order that bans biological males from playing on…
America First Legal filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court, joined by Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Jim Jordan, and other lawmakers, backing President Trump’s Executive Order 14160 addressing birthright citizenship.
U.S. Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina has joined Senator Steve Daines of Montana and other Senate Republicans in calling for action against the influx of illicit Chinese e-cigarettes into the United States.
Brandon Chanell Joyner, 29, of Columbia, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after being convicted of possessing a firearm as a felon during a shooting incident that occurred on July 18, 2023.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has expressed his support for the recent passage of H.4760 in the House of Representatives, a bill that prohibits abortion-inducing drugs. “South Carolina has been clear: we will protect life.
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that South Carolina, along with 47 other states and territories, has reached settlements totaling $17.85 million with Lannett Company, Inc. and Bausch Health US, LLC and Bausch Health Americas, Inc. The…
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) has introduced the Medal of Sacrifice Act, a bill that would establish a new presidential award to posthumously honor law enforcement officers and first responders who are killed in the line of duty.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has sent a letter to the Charleston County Library Board, addressing concerns about sexually explicit and age-inappropriate material in the children’s section of local libraries.
Out of the $18 billion in total state taxes collected by South Carolina in 2024, $92.8 million—or 0.5%—came from property taxes, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).
South Carolina collected $18 billion in taxes in 2024, a 15.2% increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).
Gov. Henry McMaster, Lt. Gov. Pamela S. Evette, and First Lady Peggy McMaster have released their public schedules for the week of February 3, 2026.
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) has announced that nearly $150 million in funding will be directed to infrastructure and workforce development projects across South Carolina following the approval of the third Fiscal Year 2026…
Gov. Henry McMaster, Lt. Gov. Pamela S. Evette, and First Lady Peggy McMaster have released their public schedules for the week of February 3, 2026.
Gov. Henry McMaster, Lt. Gov. Pamela S. Evette, and First Lady Peggy McMaster have released their public schedules for the week of February 3, 2026.
An overwhelming majority of South Carolina small business owners support changes to the state’s business personal property tax, according to a recent survey by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).
Huwell US Inc., a manufacturer of cosmetics and hair care products, has announced it will open its first U.S. operation in Cherokee County, South Carolina.
Attorney General Alan Wilson of South Carolina has joined a coalition of 13 states in submitting a friend-of-the-court brief opposing government-mandated COVID-19 vaccinations.
Attorney General Alan Wilson of South Carolina has announced that the state is withdrawing from a federal lawsuit challenging a Biden-era rule that classified “gender dysphoria” as a disability protected under Section 504.
South Carolina collected $6.4 billion in general sales and gross receipts taxes in 2024, an increase of 25.7% from the previous year.
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